Lawn edger and groover



May 3, 1932. J. A. SCHWARZ LAWN EDGER AND GROOVER Filed Nov. 29, 1929 INVENTOR UNITE STTES PATENT @FFICE JOSEPH A. SCHWARZ, 015 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA LAWN EDGER AND GROOVER Application filed November 29, 1929. Serial No. 410,389.

' My invention relates to a device for cutting strip of soil therefrom for removal from the out and removing a strip of lawn along next lawn. to a walk, whereby to space the edge of the The rear portions of the frame members 3 lawn sufficiently from the walk so that the and 4, and the heel extension 4, it will be mower will cut over the edge thereof. seen are in good position for the foot to be Among the salient objects of my invention placed thereupon in case the earth is hard are: to provide a simple device which can and additional force is needed to get the cutbe manually operated and which will in a ters started into it. single operation make two spaced slashes It will be noted that with the cutter 7 19 along the edge of a lawn and remove or lift rearwardly of the forward cutter 6, the overthe portion or strip therebetween out of its lapping portions of said cutters are moving place for removal therefrom; to provide in in opposite directions as said device is moved a device of the character referred to a handle through the sod, that is, as the rear side of with supporting frame for the cutter blades cutter 6 is turning upwardly, the forward so positioned therein that they can be pushed half of cutter 7 is moving downwardly, so into the earth as said device is pushed along that the strip therebetween is maintained in the edge of the lawn; to provide a heel exits normal position until the lifter 10 cuts tension for carrying a lifter for lifting the under it and lifts it out of its place. The heel strip of lawn out of its place for removal 4 extending rearwardly of the other frame 20 therefrom; to provide in a device, two spaced member 3, leaves plenty of clearance for the cutter blades with hearing rollers or members strip to be turned over to the side on top of adapted to run along the edge of the walk, the lawn. whereby to give a solid bearing and regulate WVhile I have shown and described one r the depth of the cut into the lawn, and, in practical embodiment of my invention, I do general, to provide a simple, practical and not limit it to the details of construction and eiiicient lawn trimming device of the chararrangement shown for descriptive purposes, acter referred to. except as I may be limited by the hereto ap- In orderto describe my invention more pended claims. fully, I have illustrated oneform or embodi- I claim: inent thereof on the accompanying sheet of In an edger and groover, a supporting drawings which I will now describe. frame having two sides, one side of which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invenhas a heel portion extended rearwardly, two tion as embodied in a hand machine; and axially spaced cutter discs rotatably mounted M Figure Qis an end elevation thereof. between the said sides of said supporting Referring in detail to the drawings, two frame, one cutter being positioned rearspaced frame members 3 and 4, have secured wardly of the other, whereby the overlapping therebetween a handle 5, inclined for manual portions of the cutter discs turn in opposite operation and having rotatably mounted directions, a bearing roller at the side of said therebetween two disc cutters 6 and 7 spaced supporting frame to run upon the edge of a apart and set one rearwardly of the other, walk, and a lifter member supported by the substantially as illustrated. Two bearing said heel portion and turned to run under and rollers 8 and 9 are shown on the cutter shafts cut the strip of soil between the cuts made 6 and 7, said rollers being adapted to run by the discs. along upon the edge of a walk for the pur- Signed at Los Angeles, Los Angeles pose of determining the depth the cutters can County, California, this 22d day of Novemgo into the soil along side of the walk. The ber, 1929. frame member f is shown with a heel exten- JOSEPH A. SCHWARZ. sion 4, and is provided with a lifter 10, adapt- 50 ed to dip into the ground between the two outs made by the cutters 6 and 7 and lift the 100 

